Laura Kuenssberg

Prime Minister Boris Johnson , the "improvement" after two nights in intensive care with coronavirus, Chancellor Rishi has Sunak said.

Mr Johnson was now sitting upright in the bed, and "positive" with the clinical team at St Thomas' Hospital in London, added the Chancellor.

Mr Sunak said that a Cobra meeting would discuss on Thursday "the approach" to the assessment of lockdown measures.

There is a plate 938 daily deaths in British hospitals.

The total number of UK deaths is now 7,097,.

The clock to St Thomas' Hospital in London on Sunday - 10 days after testing positive for The Virus and was then moved to the intensive care unit, on Monday.

In The Daily coronavirus briefing in Downing Street, Mr Sunak said Mr Johnson was "receiving excellent care through the NHS team at St Thomas'".

"The Prime Minister is not just my colleagues and My Boss but also My Friend and my thoughts are with him and His Family ," He Said .

Later, in Downing Street, the Prime Minister said, "continue to make steady progress" but remained in intensive care.

Although The Daily increase in deaths is greater than the previous highest toll of 786 - Tuesday - The Deputy chief scientific adviser, Prof Dame Angela Mclean , said that new cases were "accelerating out of control".

However, Nhs England medical director Stephen Powis is not warned, now was The Time for "complacent".

He Said : "We Are starting to see the benefits, I believe that (the government lockdown measures), but the really critical thing, I think, is that We Are still following the instructions, we have The Following social distance, because if we don't do this, The Virus will start again. "

Philippa Roxby, BBC health reporter

The Number of deaths reported today (938) is a new high for the Corona Virus epidemic in the UK, but it is still lower than expected, if death every three to four days were cases according to their long-term trend of doubling.

The Daily number is, however, closed in Italy , the worst day of the dead at 27.

There are cautious hopes that Italy , which has reached 17,127 total number of deaths - has turned a corner, and also in Spain - with a total of 14,555 deaths figures show The Number of fatalities is trending on a downward.

So, what about the UK? Numbers of daily new cases of the coronavirus gives us a clue. In The Past week, they have remained relatively constant at around 4-5,000.

With more people tested, the suspect Every Day as part of the government's plans to " ramp-up testing to NHS employees and patients in the hospital, figures the stationary case, it is The Light at The End of The Tunnel could be.

The Number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 and in the intensive care unit are also signs of leveling.

So it is hoped now that with almost three weeks of social distance behind us, The Number of people that will die soon begin to show the same pattern.

Mr Sunak said on Thursday that the Cobra meeting discussing would be the approach of the government would be under the direction of the assessment of lockdown measures.

According to the Minister of health, the assessment of The Need for restrictions - at least once every 21 Days , with The First review by the 16 April.

Mr Sunak said the review would happen, "to" the three-week point would be the on the basis of evidence that the "is only available next week".

"I think rather than speculate about The Future , I think we should have added the focus very seriously on the here and now and The Present ," He Said .

The Chancellor also during the pandemic.

The measures concerned in the case of those with cash grants directly to charitable organizations providing important services during The Crisis , the consequences of some charity organisations before the collapse, because of the enforced shop closures.

Mr Sunak, however, added that it was "simply not possible" to save "every single job, to protect each individual business, or, in fact, each individual charity".

Karl Wilding, chief executive of the National Council for voluntary organisations, said The Move was an important first step, but warned, "it will not be enough to prevent good charity organizations across the country are closing their doors".

He estimated aid organizations were set up to lose £4bn in fundraising between March and June, in addition, faced with rising costs.

And the shadow Chancellor, Anneliese Dodds , who was, according to Sir Keir Starmer has been Labour's new chief, said The Announcement was welcome, but fell "far short" of filling the financial "Black Hole " many organizations were facing.

the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg Asked whether The Crisis would lead to a recession, Mr Sunak said: "I was very honest that this is a significant impact on our economy. "

He added that the government had plugged in, to help put in place "a tremendous amount of support to as many people as possible through this".

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